The MSc in Events and Tourism Management offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge in the ever-evolving fields of events and tourism. By joining us, you are making an excellent choice to be part of an interactive and practical learning experience, where you’ll collaborate with experienced staff and industry professionals. We look forward to meeting you and guiding you through this exciting journey.
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Academic Calendar: Trimesters [15 Week]
View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2025-26 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.
Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and the wider University, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.
It is important to check your Course Welcome Week for all the activities you are required to attend as part of your course induction. If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before you arrive to let you know which group you will be in.
In addition, check the Student Events Hub for a range of fun activities. including the Students’ Union Welcome Fair, to help you make friends and live your best CCCU student life.
Your teaching timetable
UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities for a course. If your course is taught in groups, it will display information for all groups, not just the group you will be assigned to.
Your individual student timetable will show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend via MyTimetable. This will be available for when your teaching starts.
Learn more about timetabling for new students including user guides and videos.
Welcome to Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and to beginning your MSc Events and Tourism Management programme! We have no doubt that you have made the right choice, and we will be with you every step of the way during the next year of study.
As Events and Tourism Management students, you will be immersed in a wonderful world of events production and tourism planning, including topics such as sustainable event and tourism design, light festivals and technology, entrepreneurship and consultancy, creative placemaking and experiential marketing.
These industries are worth billions to the economies of different countries and continues to evolve in new directions. If you wish to plan weddings, run music festivals or start a tourism trail business, then this is the place for you!
CCCU is a caring and supportive community. Your Course Director, will welcome you in person on your first day and your lecturers will guide you through the details of your course content. You will also make friends for life, as we make sure you have lots of opportunities to meet other students and have fun!
Designed with input from our wide network of employers, our MSc is based upon a firm foundation of research-led teaching, blended learning methods and expertise-driven insight. It will provide you with the opportunity to gain both comprehensive conceptual knowledge and an indispensable practical understanding of key areas within tourism and events. Our alumni, including professional events and tourism managers, often visit the university to talk to current students.
Importantly, we care about you as a person, your wellbeing, and your success. We make sure we have time for you, and we provide many resources to support you with your finances, your mental health and your study skills. We will be with you every step of the way!
"The combination of tourism and events complimented each other and presented learning opportunities I might not have had on an event only Masters. The course gave me the confidence and skill set to push myself to become self-employed. I am forever grateful for the support of my lecturers both during and after my studies. " - Joshua (MSc Graduate)
Before you arrive, why not prepare by looking at the following Websites?
In your first week we will take you on a few field trips to local destinations, including visiting Canterbury food festival, so please make sure you have looked online at different examples of Food Festivals.
Your year is divided into three Trimesters. You will study 120 credits overall, plus a 60-credit dissertation. You will choose between two optional modules when you arrive.
The programme structure aims to be comprehensive. Five core modules provide an overall foundation for management in the relevant industries, clearly introducing basic concepts, working approaches and methodologies.
We care about you being at ease and confident about your studies and not worried. So, we have put in place a welcome week starting on the week of 15th September 2025, with lots of activities for you to familiarise yourselves with the way we teach and the way we will mark your work and support you all the way through. Make sure you attend to start making friends!
On the social side, the Student Union (CCSU) has a huge range of clubs and societies – all of which have unique social calendars of their own and offer endless opportunities to make lifelong friends and discover new hobbies. And you can always create your own society and cultivate your own community!
CCSU will be hosting their Welcome Fayre on Wednesday 17 September 2025. Make sure you keep checking the CCSU website for further details and how to get involved.
We understand that you may be nervous about your first few weeks on campus but rest assured - you'll be joining a nurturing and supportive environment where diversity, equality and individuality are part of everything we do.
You can find out more about our welcoming community and making friends.
If you are an International Student joining us then please see our International Student Support pages for further information and guidance.
When you watch the news, focus on events and festivals and the visitor economy, their resilience and recovery? Why not visit an event and ask how sustainable it is?
Given that you have worked hard to get into university, we recommend that you use the summer to prepare yourself for your transition to higher education and take some time to relax and rejuvenate.
However, if you are keen to get started, you can contact your Course Director for a full or recommended reading list. However, we recommend you wait until you are here, we have a very well-stocked library.
Example:
Brown, G., (2019) Eventscapes: Transforming Place, Space and Experiences. London: Routledge.
Duxbury, N. and Richards, G. eds., (2019). A research agenda for creative tourism. Edward Elgar Publishing.
International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.
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